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יָבָל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2988

watercourse — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

watercourse tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָבָל: watercourse, stream tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] watercourse, stream (proposes conduit), as irrigating;—only pl. cstr. יִבְלֵי(־)מָ֑יִם Is 30:25 (‖ פְּלָגִים), 44:4.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (13 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: watercourses (2).

In the verses

Isaiah 44:4 · tree →

וְצָמְח֖וּ בְּבֵ֣ין חָצִ֑יר כַּעֲרָבִ֖ים עַל־יִבְלֵי־מָֽיִם׃

Word for word: and they.will.spring.up in between herbage like poplars at watercourses of.water

JPS 1917: And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

Isaiah 30:25 · tree →

וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ עַל־כָּל־הַ֣ר גָּבֹ֗הַוְעַל֙ כָּל־גִּבְעָ֣ה נִשָּׂאָ֔ה פְּלָגִ֖ים יִבְלֵי־מָ֑יִם בְּיוֹם֙ הֶ֣רֶג רָ֔ב בִּנְפֹ֖ל מִגְדָּלִֽים׃

Word for word: and it.will.be on every mountain high and on every hill lifted.up streams watercourses of.water in a.day of.slaughter great when fall towers

JPS 1917: And there shall be upon every lofty mountain, and upon every high hill streams and watercourses, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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